Shinto wakizashi
EDO period (1603 - 1868)
Unsigned (mumei)
Lame (sugata): hira zukuri, iori mune, so no kurikara horimono on one side, horimono of a plum tree in bloom on the other side
Forge pattern (hada): mokume
Temper (hamon): suguha
Tip (boshi): kaeri tsuyoshi
Rocket (nakago): ubu keitai, kengyo nakagojiri, un mekugi ana, katte sagari yasurime
Length (nagasa): 36.4 cm
Mounting (koshira-e): made of aikuchi
Fuchi kashira koiguchi kojiri kurikata : en suite in shibuichi depicting peonies blooming in their foliage, the veins inlaid with gilt copper
Kogatana: Kozuka en suite, kogatana blade signed illegibly
Tsuka: shakudo mount on gold lacquer background depicting gourds in their leaves and tendrils
Scabbard (saya): in finely ringed black ro-iro lacquer
Provenance: collection J. Jacques Reubell, fourth sale, Mes Baudoin et Ader, Drouot, 21-24 February 1934, n°672
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